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Click here to subscribePair: Leading Steward T. R. Falconar, Royal Navy General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Radfan, Malay Peninsula, second clasp unofficially affixed (075807 T. R. Falconar. A/Std. R.N.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (LStd T R Falconar D075807U HMS Penelope) nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700
Four: Captain S. R. Thorp, Royal Field Artillery, late Honourable Artillery Company 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. S. R. Thorp. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. S. R. Thorp.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, edge nicks and minor contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Lieutenant M. F. Sadler, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. M. F. Sadler.) extremely fine (6) £70-£90 --- Sidney Richard Thorp served in France from 11 November 1915, initially as Second Lieutenant with 2nd Divisional Artillery. Transferring as a Lieutenant to “B” Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company, he later returned to the Royal Field Artillery as Captain. Maurice Ferdinand Sadler was born in Wandsworth in 1897 and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery on 16 April 1917, serving in France from 26 June 1917.
Three: Lance-Corporal J. Lester, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was discharged due to wounds in April 1917 1914-15 Star (R-1723 L.Cpl. J. Lester. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-1723 Pte. J. Lester. K.R. Rif. C.) very fine Pair: Acting Sergeant A. A. Moore, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (20269 A. Sjt. A. A. Moore. Hamps. R.) good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (192450 E. R. Wilson. P.O. R.N.) surname partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, very fine and better (10) £100-£140 --- Joseph Lester attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 2 September 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 July 1915. Discharged due to wounds on 29 April 1917, he was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 167778. Edward Richard Wilson was born in Kingston, Hampshire, on 4 September 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 3 February 1897. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 August 1915, he served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, and was shore pensioned on 21 September 1921, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5634 C.S. Mjr: F. Williams. R. Scots.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (MT-101899 L-Naik Hukam Dad, R.I.A.S.C. (M.T.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (2) (4258725 Fsr. R. Aitken. 5 - North’d Fus.; 2968479 Pte. E. Mitchell. 8-A. & S. H.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (4) £80-£100
A Second War ‘Italy theatre’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel R. W. Richardson, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, the reverse engraved ‘Lt-Col (A/Col) R. W. Richardson’, with integral top brooch bar, mounted as worn, lacquered, very fine (8) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 24 January 1946: Colonel Roy Walter Richardson, E.D., The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy (to be dated 29 September 1945)’. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1944. Efficiency Decoration awarded per GO 442 of 1944.
Pair: Able Seaman T. R. W. H. Haskell, Royal Navy, who drowned in the River Thames in 1920 after becoming entangled in weeds; tragically, a fellow sailor aboard the battleship Warspite met his death at the same time attempting to effect a rescue British War and Victory Medals (J.73419 T. R. W. H. Haskell. Ord. R.N.) extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- Thomas Richard William Henry Haskell was born in Tunbridge Wells on 1 February 1901 and joined the Royal Navy at Devonport as Boy 2nd Class on 12 July 1917. He transferred to Warspite on 28 May 1918 and was advanced Able Seaman 24 January 1920. His papers note ‘discharged dead’ on 10 August 1920, adding ‘drowned’. The Hull Daily Mail of 11 August 1920 adds a little more information: ‘Drowning Cases. Whilst bathing from the public walk, Lower-Sunbury Road, Hampton, Fred Wellington and another man named Askell [sic] became entangled in the weeds and were drowned. Askell was the first in difficulties, and shouted for help. Wellington called out, “I am coming, hold out!” and swam across, but was also caught, and both were drowned.’ The Portsmouth Evening News later confirmed the young men as good friends, both serving sailors aboard Warspite, who were enjoying their leave at the home of Mr. Frederick Charles Wellington whilst the ship was docked at Devonport. Haskell was later buried at Ladywell Cemetery in Lewisham.
The mounted group of ten miniature dress medals worn by Major-General R. G. Ekin, Indian Army The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (10) £200-£240 --- Sold with the recipient’s Indian Empire Passport, issued at Peshawar on 20 February 1946; and a portrait photograph of the recipient.
The Irish Regiments of the British Army 1897. A drawing for the ‘Boy’s Own Paper’ by R. Simkin, depicting 20 members of Irish Regiments of the British Army, both cavalry and infantry, and both Officers and other ranks, good colour throughout, and handsomely mounted in a Hogarth glazed display frame, 300mm x 580mm, signs of original folds, otherwise good condition A Compilation of 20 Cigarette Cards and 4 Silks depicting Irish Regiments. Issued by Ogden’s, John Player & Sons, Phillips, Gallagher, and Wills Cigarettes, a selection of 20 cigarette cards, the majority from the 1920s-30s, depicting Irish Regiments, Soldiers’ uniforms; Cap badges and Colours &c.; together with 4 silks, a large central one of ‘Ireland’, and three of Irish Regiments, attractively mounted in a double-sided glazed display frame, 660mm x 410mm, good condition (lot) £60-£80
Pair: Gunner B. W. Atkinson, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (2273 Gnr. B. W. Atkinson. R.A.); together with a silver Royal Artillery sweetheart brooch, very fine Pair: Acting Sergeant J. Smith, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (241890 A. Sjt. J. Smith. Hamps. R.) extremely fine Pair: Private F. B. Summers, Northamptonshire Regiment, later Bedfordshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 3 December 1917 British War and Victory Medals (39589 Pte. F. B. Summers. North’n. R.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private J. K. Massie, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (98176 Pte. J. K. Massie. M.G.C.) contact marks, very fine Pair: Private F. Tulley, Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (213166 Pte. F. Tulley. Labour Corps) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (144755 Bmbr. J. R. Cramb. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (R-17075 Pte. D. J.Long. K.R.R.C.; M2-176746 Pte. R. Fyall. A.S.C.) very fine (13) £140-£180 --- Frank Bruce Summers attested into the Northamptonshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served with them on the Western Front, later transferring into the Bedfordshire Regiment. He died of wounds received whilst serving with the 8th Battalion on 3 December 1917, and is buried in Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, France.
Three: Private W. E. Lamb, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2190 Pte. W. E. Lamb. Notts; & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2190 Pte. W. E. Lamb. Notts. & Derby. R.) nearly very fine Four: Private J. H. Appleby, Seaforth Highlanders 1914-15 Star (2918 Pte. J. H. Appleby. Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (200759 Pte. J. H. Appleby. Seaforth.); Defence Medal, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Private T. Lowndes, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (67534 Pte. T. Lowndes. Devon. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Walter Edward Lamb, a native of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, and a member of No. 2 Section, St. John Ambulance Brigade, attested for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment and served as a Stretcher Bearer during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 February 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 3 May 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. In civilian life he was employed by the post office. Sold with two Sherwood Foresters cap badges; and the recipient’s G.P.O. whistle. John H. Appleby attested for the Seaforth Highlanders and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 March 1915.
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel R. V. Clifford, 15th Punjab Regiment, attached 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment, Indian Army, late Royal Tank Regiment, who served as Aide-de-Camp to H.E. the Viceroy of India, and was killed in action in Italy on 9 October 1944 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Lieut. R. V. Clifford. R. Tank C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (6) £240-£280 --- Roland Vere Clifford was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 5 June 1907, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Wigram Clifford, Northumberland Fusiliers, and was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Corps on 30 August 1926. Posted to the 3rd Battalion, he was promoted Lieutenant on 30 August 1929, and served in India during operations on the North West Frontier 1930-31, being promoted Captain on 30 August 1935. Transferring to the Indian Army on 4 February 1936, Clifford was posted to the 15th Punjab Regiment, and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India on 1 December 1939. Prior to the Second World War he also met members of the German SS expedition to Tibet, which, according to one source, was searching for the original Aryan tribes. Following the outbreak of War he served during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy, being promoted Major on 30 August 1943. Appointed Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, he was killed in action on 9 October 1944, and is buried in Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy. Sold with copied research, including an annotated photographic image of the recipient with members of the German Expedition to Tibet. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father and brother, see Lots 89 and 350.
A Great War ‘Ypres 1915, Hill 29’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant M. Vincent, 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment, who was killed in action on 8 March 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8695 L. Sjt: M. Vincent. 4/L’pool Regt.); 1914-15 Star (8695 Sjt. M. Vincent. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (8695 Sjt. M. Vincent. L’pool. R.); Memorial Plaque (Michael Vincent) good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For gallant conduct and ability on the 27th April and 1st May, 1915, when he commanded a platoon with marked resource. On the latter date he carried a severely wounded signaller, under a heavy fire, to a place of safety, and he has invariably showed great courage and devotion to duty.’ Michael Vincent was born in 1894 at Leigh, Lancashire, and served with the 4th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment in France from 4 March 1915, where it formed part of the Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division, in the battles of 27 April and 1 May for ‘Hill 29’. He was killed in action while putting out wire on 8 March 1916. He was then serving as part of 98th Brigade, 33rd Division, and is buried in the Cambrin Churchyard Extension. Sold with an attractive illuminated parchment certificate from the Borough of Leigh expressing sympathy and condolence; postcard photograph of Vincent; Borough of Leigh memorial certificate; and original correspondence concerning his recruitment, death and award of D.C.M.
Pair: Private R. Pearson, Rifle Brigade Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (3617, Pte R. Pearson. 2[sic]/Rifle Bde); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, last with miniscule hole at point of lower arm of cross, light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £600-£800 --- One officer and 24 other ranks of 3/K.R.R.C. present at Abu Klea as part of the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps. Confirmed on the medal roll. Robert Pearson was born in Beamish, Chester-le-Grand, Durham. He attested for the Rifle Brigade at Winchester in May 1879, and served with the 3rd Battalion in Egypt from August 1884. Pearson transferred to the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps, and then to the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade in July 1885. He returned to the UK in August 1885, and was discharged in May 1891 after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers.
A Great War Mesopotamia campaign ‘Battle of Hannah, April 1916’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private C. Steadman, 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10394 Pte. C. Steadman. 6/S. Lanc: R.); 1914-15 Star (10394 Pte. C. Steadman. S. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10394 Pte. C. Steadman. S. Lan. R.) good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 November 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He signalled to the artillery under very heavy fire, enabling the line to advance, displaying great courage and determination.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Hannah, 5 April 1916.’ Charles Steadman enlisted on 14 August 1914, into the 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He departed with the battalion for the Balkans in June 1915, landing at Mudros on 1 July 1915, before joining the Gallipoli campaign at Cape Helles on 7 July. Following the evacuation from Gallipoli in December 1915, the battalion was sent to Egypt before being transferred to Mesopotamia in February 1916. Steadman was awarded the D.C.M. for services during the battle of Hannah on 5 April 1916, during the failed attempt to relieve the besieged garrison at Kut-al-Amara. He was discharged on 27 October 1916, due to wounds received in Mesopotamia, and was awarded the Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card and War Diary extracts.
Six: Colonel T. C. Ekin, 1st Battalion, London Regiment, late 3rd London Volunteer Rifle Corps and 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment 1914-15 Star (Col. T. C. Ekin. 1/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. T. C. Ekin.); Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Lt. Col: T. C. Ekin, 3 London V.R.C.) engraved naming, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards (the 1914-15 Star substituted by a 1914 Star); the recipient’s helmet plate, this with some corrosion; and a National Reserve London silver lapel badge, contact marks to the Jubilee Medal, and area of corrosion to the Coronation Medal, otherwise very fine and better (6) £800-£1,000 --- Tom Charles Ekin was born in 1860 and was first commissioned Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, on 21 April 1886. Transferring to the 3rd City of London Volunteer Rifle Corps, he was promoted Captain on 11 October 1890; Major on 3 July 1897; and Lieutenant-Colonel and honorary Colonel on 26 March 1902. Following the re-organisation of the Territorial Army on 1 April 1908, Ekin’s unit was re-badged and renamed as the 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. He briefly served with the 2/1st Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War in Gallipoli from September 1915. His M.I.D. is unconfirmed. In civilian life, Ekin was a civil engineer, and was an early pioneer in electricity transmission. He died in 1944. Sold with the following archive: i) The recipient’s pre-Great War riband bar, cap badge, and rank insignia; ii) Commission Document appointing Tom Charles Ekin a Lieutenant in the Volunteer forces, dated 15 April 1886; iii) Certificate appointing Tom Charles Ekin a Member of he Institution of Civil Engineers, dated 16 February 1904, and congratulatory letter on the occasion of his 50th Anniversary as an Associate Member of the Institution, dated 27 April 1939; iv) Certificate from the Council of Legal Education named to Tom Ekin ascertaining his fitness to be called to the Bar, dated 11 January 1899; v) Various letters and Certificates of Appointment relating to the recipient’s appointment as an Inspector of the Local Government board; vi) Various letters written to the recipient in his professional capacity, including those from the Home Office and the Ministry of Health; vii) Various papers and reports relating to electrical supply in, amongst other places, South London, East Anglia, and Leicestershire; viii) Various mathematical table books, hand-written logarithmic tables, and other formulaic calculations; ix) A copy of the recipient’s paper ‘Water Pipe and Sewer Discharge Diagrams’, 1908; x) Three portrait photographs of the recipient, and other ephemera.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (199161. Charles Hobden, A.B. H.M.S. Caroline.) very fine £50-£70 --- Charles Hobden was born in Brighton, Sussex, in January 1883. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1898, and advanced to Able Seaman in January 1902. Hobden transferred to the Coast Guard in September 1912, and served as a Boatman at Shanklin, Isle of Wight. He returned to service with the Royal Navy with the outbreak of the Great War, and served with H.M.S. Caroline from December 1914 to March 1919. During the latter period she was engaged as part of the Grand Fleet's 4th Light Cruiser Squadron and remained with it, fighting as part of it at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May - 1 June 1916, under the command of Captain Henry R. Crooke (awarded L.S. & G.C. in January 1916). After the War, Hobden returned to the Coast Guard and served at various postings in the Humber area. Sold with copied service papers.
India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (5825471 Bdsmn. W. Eady. Suff. R.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- W. Eady is recorded in 1944 as an Acting Corporal in the Suffolk Regiment and is later noted as having been wounded in action on 21 November 1944 whilst serving in North West Europe with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (F. R. Coghlan, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine £2,200-£2,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Francis Rogers Coghlan entered the Navy in May 1807, as a Supernumerary aboard the Daedalus and, shortly afterwards, a Midshipman’s berth on board the Elk, commanded by his uncle Captain Jeremiah Coghlan, whose distinguished service was rewarded with a Companionship of the Bath. After service in Polyphemus and Hyperion he joined, early in 1812, the Caledonia, bearing the flag of Sir Edward Pellew, and witnessed a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon on 5 November 1813. Immediately after this he rejoined his uncle in the Alcmene and assisted at the capture of the French schooner La Flêche in December of the same year. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Pylades on 18 April 1814, he sailed for the coast of North America, where he contributed to the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels and was employed in the blockade of Newport, Rhode Island. Having been paid off in July 1815, he joined the Minden on the eve of her departure for Gibraltar in July 1816. There, he assumed command of No. 23 gunboat in which he shared the glories of Algiers and ‘received the personal thanks of Lord Exmouth for Gun Boat service at Algiers’. On his return to England in the Queen Charlotte, Lord Exmouth’s flag-ship, he was appointed to the Prometheus until paid off in August 1818. His subsequent appointments were: to the command of the Hornet, on the South American station, in July 1832; to the Lapwing and Linnet Falmouth packets, on North American, West Indies and South American stations, in July 1837 and May 1841; and, in June 1843, of the Anson convict hulk, at Hobart Town. Coghlan was promoted Commander on the active list on 2 September 1843, and died in 1855 or ‘56. Sold with copied Memorandum of Services.
A post-War B.E.M. awarded to Regimental Pipe Major Warrant Officer Class II Hastabahadur Rai, 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (21147426 Act. W/O.2. Hastabahadur Rai, 7 G.R.) minor edge nick, good very fine £300-£400 --- B.E.M. (Military) London Gazette 2 June 1973. The Kukri, The Journal of the Brigade of Gurkhas states: ‘On 1st June we were all delighted to learn that WO2 Hastabahadur Rai has been awarded the BEM for his services as Pipe Major during the UK tour.’ Hastabahadur Rai initially served with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, and was sent to Edinburgh Castle in the spring of 1969 to attend a Pipe Major’s Course. Displaying a ‘very creditable performance indeed’, he was rewarded with a “B” grading and a copy of Standard Settings of Pipe Music as a memento of the occasion by Colonel R. D. MacLagan, C.B.E., M.C., Queen’s Own Highlanders. Raised Acting Sergeant (Pipes and Drums) on 1 October 1969 whilst serving at Regimental Headquarters, Hastabahadur Rai was appointed Sergeant in the Nominal Roll of Pipes and Drums on 14 July 1971 and Acting Warrant Officer Second Class on 7 December 1972. The early 1970s saw considerable demand for a ‘Gurkha presence’ at civil and military functions fuelled in no small part by the words of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery of Alamein and his support for the fledgling Gurkha Welfare Appeal. A letter from Montgomery which was published in The Times on 25 June 1970 made clear his views upon learning that many Gurkha soldiers and their dependants or widows were facing destitution in old age: ‘The Gurkhas are our oldest and staunchest allies and have served with us for over 150 years. Nearly half a million Gurkhas fought side by side with British troops in the two World Wars winning 26 Victoria Crosses and suffering 43,000 casualties. By their courage and endurance they have made a magnificent contribution to the success of British arms... This country owes them a great debt for their loyal and devoted service in numerous campaigns over many years.’ Within a short period of time, donations to the Gurkha Welfare Appeal had reached £250,000, but it soon became clear that a least £1 million was required to provide in perpetuity an income sufficient to meet the many deserving cases brought forward. The Appeal reached a wider audience by opening a mobile Gurkha Welfare store selling a wide variety of ‘Nepaliana’ to the British public; it fell to Hastabahadur Rai to lead the Pipes and Drums as the figurehead for the Regiment - a role which he fulfilled with aplomb. Invited to perform at Clarence House in March 1972 (one of 42 separate engagements conducted that year, 19 on behalf of the Gurkha Welfare Appeal), Her Majesty The Queen Mother was keen to express her enjoyment of the music: ‘I greatly appreciated hearing this morning your Pipe Major playing in my garden at Clarence House. I was thrilled by the stirring music of the pipes. Please convey to this Warrant Officer an expression of my sincere thanks.’ Sold with copied research.
Four: Private E. R. Wigmore, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, a prisoner of war at Stalag 20B at Marienburg 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5382741 Pte. E. R. Wigmore. Oxf Bucks.) extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- E. R. Wigmore attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them during the Second World War in North-West Europe post D-Day. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War, and was interned at Stalag 20B, Marienburg.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (90497 Corl. R. F. Ross. A, B, R.H.A.) minor edge bruise, very fine £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Robert Frederick Ross was born in Limehouse, London, in 1874 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Woolwich on 30 May 1892, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He served in India from 12 October 1895 to 4 January 1900, and was promoted Corporal on 1 April 1897; he subsequently served with ‘A” Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 January to 7 November 1900. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 10 September 1902, he was discharged on 29 May 1904, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
A Victorian silver shaped tray, stamped R & S Garrard Anton Street London, maker Robert Garrard II 1874, 666 grams, length 8.5 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The tray on first look is in good order with no bends or damage, however when placed on a flat surface it does rock slightly from one corner to another. There are filled visible holes at the rear as well as at the top, however this has been done to a high standard.
Harry Stinton Royal Worcester vase, decorated with highland cattle in a mountainous landscape, signed H Stinton with puce mark to the bottom, circa 1923. Height 16 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The vase is in very good order, however on the underside there is a dark line leading towards the tip of one of the downward pointing gilt finials. This is also marked with the letter R, we are unsure as to whether this is a crack or just a simple firing flaw of some sort. After looking at it under UV light we cannot see anything glowing at all. Other than this there are no signs of any chips, cracks or restoration.
A Lalique moulded glass vase, decorated in relief with leaves impressed marked R Lalique to base. Height 23.5 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The vase has some flea bites to the rim at the top. There are also some signs of restoration to the edges where they have been smoothed down. There are remains of white emulsion paint to the base and some splattered to the body although this will rub off. There is an air bubble to one side, this is only visible it has not popped and so is nothing to be concerned about. Other than this there are no signs of major chips or cracks.
Two rosewood Tunbridge ware rectangular boxes both labelled, comprising an example with plain rosewood sides, stick ware escutcheon, the lid with a panel of floral mosaic within a geometric mosaic border, interior in original fancy paper, the base with label 'Edmund Nye …', 23cms, the other similar but the lid in four panels of stick ware within a cross banded and chequer inlay line, original plain paper lining, base with label 'R. Turner's, Perfumery ….. Fancy Warehouse, Aldborough', 23cms. (2) From the collection of the late Dr. Brian Austen
Silver buttons, comprising a set of four, circular, depicting an Art Nouveau maiden playing a harp, Birmingham 1902 by Samuel M. Levi, 2.2cms dia., a set of three large domed pierced examples with rope edges, Chester 1910, makers mark R in a circle, 3.6cms dia., a large silver single button with winged cherub head amid scrolls, Birmingham 1888 by Hayes Bros., 3.7cms dia., a set of five, Birmingham 1902 by Turnbull Bros., 1.5cms dia., another hall marked pair, another pierced with a winged animal, and another unmarked. (17)
Three whitewood label decorated Tunbridge ware pen boxes, all rectangular with sliding lids comprising an example with black on green razor blade form printed label 'R. Rowney's Portable Box of Superior Pens, Wafers and Sealing Wax, 106, Hatton Gardens, London', four compartment unlined interior, 11cms, another with black on green rectangular printed label 'Morrell's Late Deacon and Morrell's Portable Pens, 149, Fleet Street, London', original blue paper lining, 10.6cms, and another with oval printed black label 'Tunbridge Wells Portable Pens Manufactured by Fenner and Co, Sold by Oriel, 159, Aldersgate Strt., London', within painted black and red star motifs, slight loss to label, interior unlined, 11.5cms. (3) ) In respect of the second, Henry Morrell established business in his own right in 1817 at 149, Fleet Street as pen and quill warehouse. In respect of the last, Phillip Oriel is recorded as this address in Kent's original London Directory in 1823 but he is also recorded at this address as early as 1811. From the collection of Ann Wick
Mixed silver items, comprising three ornate hallmarked silver buckles, largest 8cms, a pair of Georgian silver sugar scissors, unmarked, 12cms, a pearl handled silver blade button hook, two others, two silver spoons, two trowel book markers, one hallmarked, one stamped silver, and a silver and enamel football medal 'B Cup 1913 Crown Mines AFC - R. Crockett', boxed. (12) From the collection of Joan Wallis
Having a peacock-tail ear, with ownership initials ‘I B’ and bar and wedge bracket, bellied bowl with flat base and footing, makers mark of ‘TL’ , (fl.1674-1739), (6077), 20cm wide over handle, 13cm diameter Provenance: Former Jaeger Collection Literature: R. F. Michaelis ,1949, Pt II bowl VIIIb & Pt IV fig.XXII;.
The straight-sided drum designed with a bust portrait of King William III and Mary II, below a crown and entwined cypher 'W/M R', all within an oval, flanked by a fanciful bird amongst foliage, the lid with front denticulations and decorated with a spray of three flowers, swan-neck handle with small rams' horn thumbpiece and boot-heel terminal, touchmark inside base (PS9142), height 15.4cm, diameter of lid 10.9cm There are approximately twenty recorded pewter flat-lid tankards decorated with a double-portrait of William & Mary. The recorded examples are by various makers, but there are instances of near-identical decoration, strongly suggesting individual specialist engravers worked with several London pewterers to produce these highly prized commemorative tankards.
Annan, Thomas University of Glasgow, Old and New, illustrated with views and portraits in photogravure Glasgow: T & R Annan, 1891. Folio, unnumbered out of 350. Folio, pp. [8], xxxiii, [1 (blank)], complete with 146 + 1 photogravure vignette to title page and 69 photogravure plates, untrimmed, original black cloth, rebacked, lettered gilt, bevelled edges, boards and spine slightly rubbed Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.
Maxwell, James Clerk On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force With a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. [In:] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Vol. 158.-Part II. London: Taylor and Francis, 1869. First edition, 4to, original printed wrappers, unopened, Maxwell's article occupying pp. 643-57 with one diagram in text, 17 lithographic plates relating to other works in the volume (several folding), small ink stains to pp. 646-7, superficial split to paper on spine, a few marks to covers;Together with: Account of Experiments on the Perception of Colour. [Pp. 41-7 in:] The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, and Journal of Science. Fourth Series. No 90.-July 1857. 8vo, original printed wrappers, short split to head of front joint;On Mr. Grove's “Experiment in Magneto-electric Induction." In a Letter to W. R. Grove, F.R.S. [And:] Proceedings of Learned Societies. Royal Society … On Governors. [Pp. 360-63 and 385-98 in:] The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, and Journal of Science. Fourth Series. No 238.-May 1868. London Taylor and Francis, 1868. 8vo, original printed wrappers, chipping to head of spine, short splits to feet of joints;On the Displacement in a Case of Fluid Motion. [Offprint from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, c.1870]. 8vo, paginated 65-96, Maxwell's piece occupying pp. 82-7, with 3 diagrams, apparently original wrappers with printed title 'Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society Nos. 25, 26' to front, longitudinal central crease, wrappers detached, rear wrapper spotted and torn, variable spotting to contents; and 1 other similar (4) 'On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force' is the last of Maxwell's five major papers on electromagnetism. ‘On Governors’, originally published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, is today considered one of the foundational papers on cybernetics.
[John Newton interest] Halyburton, Thomas Memoirs of the Life of the Reverend, Learned and Pious Mr. Halyburton London: R. Cruttenden, 1718. Second edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf rebacked with modern spine From the library of John Newton, abolitionist, clergyman and author of “Olney Hymns” (including “Amazing Grace”) in collaboration with his friend and poet William Cowper. This book is referred to by Newton in his autobiography under the entry for Saturday 25th January 1755: “Purchased the lives of two noted servants of God deceased (Joseph Allen and T Halyburton). Lord grant I may be profited by their experience, and animated by their example”. Marginalia in the text is believed to be by Newton. The book’s early provenance is identified inside the front cover with the following handwritten statement: “This book was kindly given to me by Mrs Wilson of Olney, the widow of Mr Wilson, the Peluquin of Cowper to whom it was given by John Newton, who in his autobiography thus writes of my revered maternal Grandfather Samuel Brewer “From him I received many helps, both in public and private, for he was pleased to favour me with his friendship from the first. His kindness, and the intimacy between us his continued and ??? to this day, and of all my many friends, I am most deeply indebted to him” 25th March 1857 CS (Charles Sabine)
Annan, Thomas University of Glasgow, Old and New, illustrated with views and portraits in photogravure Glasgow: T. & R. Annan, 1891. Folio, number 60 of 350 copies, 72 plates (missing plates 4&5, 6&7 and 18), original black pictorial buckram gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, spine partially detached internally, wear to edges of boards, wear and some staining to page edges Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.
Jacobite history Collection of works Home, John. The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745. London: by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. First edition, 4to, xx, 394 [2], contemporary half calf, rebacked, engraved folding map, portrait plate, 3 battle plans, errata leaf to rear; Henderson, Andrew. The Life of William Augustus Duke of Cumberland. London: for J. Ridley [and others], 1766. First edition, 8vo, [viii] 398 [2] pp., contemporary boards, rebacked, edges untrimmed; MacAllester, Oliver. A Series of Letters, discovering the Scheme projected by France, in MDCCLIX. For an Intended Invasion upon England with Flat-Bottom'd Boats … To which are prefixed, the Secret Adventures of the Young Pretender. London: for the author, 1767. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked, v 263, [2] 268 pp., extremities worn, closed marginal tear to volume 2 sig. 2K1, contemporary manuscript fragment ('the humble petition of […] aged 55 years totaley blind […]' addressed to the archbishop of York sometime taped to rear pastedown (now detached), lacking rear free endpaper; Roxburghe Club. The Gowrie Conspiracy. Confessions of George Sprot. London: printed for private circulation [i.e. the Roxburghe Club], 1902. First edition, 4to, original quarter skiver, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, bookplate of J. R. Abbey; Bannatyne Club. Memoirs touching the Revolution Scotland, M.DC.LXXXVIII.-M.DC.XV. By Colin Earl of Balcarres. Edinburgh: for the Bannatyne Club, 1641. First edition, 4to, original boards; [1715 Jacobite Rebellion]. New Letters of 1715-16. Edited by A. Francis Steuart, Advocate. Printed from Original Papers in the Possession of C. E. S. Chambers, Edinburgh. London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1910. First edition, 4to, original cloth, blind-stamped ‘presentation copy’ on title-page, front free endpaper inscribed ‘This book was given to Margaret Viscountess Strathallan by Andrew Lang when staying at Cowden where he had been reading and reviewing it, 4-7-10'; Rose, D. Murray (editor). Prince Charlie's Friends or Jacobite Indictments. Aberdeen: printed for private circulation, 1896. First edition, one of 50 copies only, 4to, contemporary quarter roan, bookplates (Colonel James Allardyce of Culquoich, and Colonel William Johnston, Army Medical Staff), joints cracking; Graeme, Louisa G. Or and Sable: A Book of the Graemes and Grahames. Edinburgh: William Brown, 1903. First edition, one of 295 copies, 4to, original yellow cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, frontispiece, spotting to edges and outer leaves; and 20+ others similar (approximately 30)
Livingstone, David (1813-1873) Autograph letter signed to abolitionist Mary Anne Rawson [London,] 56 Albemarle St, 7th December 1857. Single bifolium (18.2 x 11cm), written on 3 sides, declining an invitation (presumably to Rawson's seat of Wincobank Hall, Sheffield), recipient identified in a separate hand. Together with 2 small pieces of wood (3.5 x 5cm and 1.5 x 6cm) both with old manuscript labels identifying them as being from the tree 'under which was buried the heart of Dr Livingstone' at Chitambo in 1873, one piece pasted to a 20th-century annotated card mount containing two leaves affixed via card ribbons, the mount connected to an envelope with 19th-century manuscript docket 'Leaves from the tree under which Livingstone's heart was buried, given by the Rev R. Stewart Wright', the envelope containing two further leaves By descent from the recipient to David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and ornithologist (obituary: British Birds, vol. 113, issue 9, pp 560–561). R. Stewart Wright (1858-1932) was an Edinburgh-born missionary with the London Missionary Society in Africa.
Milliken, R. Caledonian Linen Works Kirkcaldy, 1903 4 large silver gelatin photographs, 3 of the interior of the factory and one the exterior, all mounted onto photographer’s mounts, 24.5 x 19cm, some marks to surface of mounts and corners of mounts damaged (4) Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.
Schwabe, Randolph (1885-1948) Sketchbooks Book of sketches for etchings, in green calf with the address “R. Schwabe, 20 Church Row, Hampstead, NW3” to initial leaf, comprising c.80 leaves of sketches featuring figures, animals, groups of people and domestic scenes, 41 x 26.5cm; Book of sketches in brown calf, lacking lower cover, containing c.138 leaves of sketches, mostly figures including parents and children and dancers, 35 x 25cm; Book of sketches in vellum, containing c.300 leaves of sketches on various subjects including figures and architecture, 32.5 x 21cm; Book of sketches in half calf, containing c.70 leaves of sketches, 32.5 x 22cm; and three further sketchbooks (7)
Rowlandson, Thomas Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms... [London: R. Ackermann, 1799] 4to (35 x 27cm), green morocco gilt by Bedford, hand-coloured engraved title-page, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 86 hand-coloured aquatint costume plates by Thomas Rowlandson, most heightened with gold and silver, nineteenth century green morocco gilt by Bedford, top edge gilt, others uncut, maroon endpapers, inner dentelles, some scattered foxing, spine faded [Abbey, Life, 379]
[Mosses] Braithwaite, R. The British Moss-Flora London: L. Reeve & Co., 1887. 3 volumes, 8vo, plates, original green cloth gilt, faint stamps of the Carlisle Natural History Society;Berkeley, M.J. Handbook of British Mosses. London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1863. 8vo, 24 plates (22 hand-coloured), original green cloth gilt (4)
Peacock, Francis Sketches relative to the History and Theory, but more especially to the Practice of Dancing … intended as Young Teachers of the Art of Dancing. Aberdeen: J. Chalmers & Co., 1805. First edition, 8vo, 224 pp., uncut in original boards, contemporary ownership inscription ('Colonel Forbes') to the title-page, a little wear to binding, contents lightly spotted and browned;Shirrefs, Andrew. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh: printed for the author, 1790. First edition, 8vo, xxviii [2] 365 41, uncut in original boards, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription ('Colonel Forbes') to the title-page, spine worn, front free endpaper loose, old finger-soiling to lower fore corner of half-title, frontispiece (tipped to half-title) detaching at head;Gisborne, Thomas. An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex. London: for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Third edition ('corrected'), 8vo, viii 448 pp., uncut in original boards, contemporary ownership inscription ‘M D. Horn Elphinstone’ (Margaret Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, c.1765-1849) to preface; Denon, Vivant. Travels through Sicily and Malta: from the French. Perth: R. Morison Junior, 1790. 12mo, [4] 210 pp., uncut in original boards, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, ownership inscription ‘A. Forbes’ to title-page, binding slightly worn and marked;Lady's Magazine. The Lady's Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex. London: for G. and J. Robinson, 1805. Volume 36 only, 8vo, contemporary half calf, engraved frontispiece and additional title-page, hand-coloured engraved plates of women's fashion, other engraved plates including needlework patterns (not collated, paper lifting from covers) (5) From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.
Orkney Collection of works on Orkney including Orkney imprints, 19th-20th century [Sutherland, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of]. Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland. Taken in MDCCCV. [?London: privately printed, 1807]. First edition, folio (38 x 26cm), contemporary roan-backed boards, [2] 27 pp., half-title, etched title-page, 28 etched plates (a few with multiple images), etched head and tailpieces in text, tissue-guards, binding worn, half-title and title-page spotted, ink- and blind stamps of Malcolm Stewart of Hoy estate office to front pastedown and title-page respectively;Low, George. Fauna Orcadensis. Edinburgh: by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, 1813. First edition, 4to, modern quarter calf, initial blank discarded;Mitchell, J. M. Mesehowe: Illustrations of the Runic Literature of Scandinavia. Edinburgh: R. Grant and Son, 1863. First edition, 4to, inscribed by the author on the half-title, original cloth, 8 plates, cloth mottled,Farrer, James. Notice of Runic Inscriptions discovered during Recent Excavations in the Orkneys. [?Edinburgh]: printed for private circulation, 1862. First edition, 4to, inscribed ‘Dr Deighton from James Farrer’ on the half-title, original cloth, 13 lithographic plates (plate 10 marked), binding slightly marked;and 17 others (these not collated), including: J. B. Craven, History of the Church in Orkney 1558-1662, Kirkwall, 1897 (2 copies, first editions, 4to, original green cloth, one with water-damage to front cover); ibid. History of the Church in Orkney … 1662-1688. Kirkwall, 1893 (2 copies, first editions, 4to, original green cloth, one with covers somewhat mottled and with newspaper cuttings mounted to endpapers); ibid. History of the Episcopal Church in Orkney 1688-1912, Kirkwall, 1912 (2 copies, second editions, 4to, original green cloth, covers sprung);Sir John Sinclair, The Orkney Parishes, Kirkwall, 1927 (2 copies, first editions, 4to, original cloth, one with rear inner hinge repaired); Monumenta Orcadica, Oslo, 1906 (4to, original cloth); George Barry, History of the Orkney Islands, 1808 (2 copies, second editions, later half calf, both defective, one copy with front board detached, folding map backed on linen, with 2 plates of 11 only, the other lacking map); and similar (quantity)
Lilford, Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands London: R. H. Porter, 1891-7. Second edition, 7 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary green crushed half morocco for Hatchards, top edges gilt, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolithographic or hand-coloured lithographic plates by Archibald Thorburn, J. G. Keulemans and others, tissue-guards, spines slightly sunned and rolled, rubbing to joints, a few spots, a few plates with faint remnants of adhesion from tissue-guards (7)
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